LARS HANSEN, CEO
Hansen Audio Inc.

Lars Hansen, the head of Hansen Audio has been an audio enthusiast since while still in his teens. He already had an audio system that included a Dynaco Pre Amp and Power Amp and Dynaco top of the line speakers. "I was hooked!" From there, it was a succession of upgrades (while his friends were buying cars, he was constantly spending more and more money on audio). One of those upgrades was to the Dahlquist DQ10 speaker in the mid 1970's. He loved the speaker; he had become an "audiophile". The DQ10 ignited his passion to design and build loudspeakers. He began to think about how to improve upon the performance of this already great speaker. 

When Lars graduated from University he began to formally study electronics and acoustics. Lars, then a few years later designed his first full speaker line in the late 1970's. This was a mainstream product under the brand name called Legacy (no relationship to the current company or product now being produced). The formal foundations had been laid down for Lars to understand, design, and manufacture speakers. 

He then became more involved and very successful in the business end of the Audio industry and began to drift away from the passion of speaker design until the 1990's. Lars then returned to the speaker industry, much wiser. He eventually took on the role of "President" of the Dahlquist Corporation, the company that had started his passion for loudspeaker design so many years ago. (Dahlquist himself had long since sold his company). Lars headed up the project to introduce the new DQ10, which he showed in Las Vegas (during CES) to invited reps and dealers. It however soon became apparent that the corporation was not going to fund the transition to Higher End Audio that Lars and the new DQ10 were taking the Dahlquist Corporation. 

Lars decided to leave and start a new company, one that produces only the finest products available. Hansen Audio was born! 

Hansen Audio is the result of a lifetime of acoustic wisdom. Hansen Audio is pushing the limits of scientific audio knowledge in developing new enclosure technology and in designing and manufacturing the most advanced drivers that current technology allows. Hansen Audio has successfully launched an "all out assault" on building the very best speakers in the world. No compromise!